Amber Wilson, Staff Writer
February 20, 2013
Filed under Features
Americana Restaurant and Lounge is located on Locust Street across from the sculpture park downtown. It is a relatively new restaurant to hit the downtown scene. It now joins the list of downtown eateries such as Centro, Django and Splash, all of which help give Des Moines the big city feel.
Looking from the outside of the restaurant, it has an older feel with its worn brick building style, but once inside it is chic and modern. When I walked in, the whole restaurant had a candle light ambience. It is two stories with tin-stamped ceilings, a bar with beautiful granite counter tops, walls filled with 1950s pin-up girls and classic cars.
Our waitress was at our table right away, ready to take our drink orders. I ordered the Strawberry Bitch, which consisted of gin, sparkling wine, lemon juice, simple syrup and strawberry cordial. The drink lived up to my expectations with just enough sweetness and not an overpowering taste of alcohol. One of my friends ordered the DSM Manhattan and the other ordered the Whiskey Smash. Both friends had nothing bad to say about their drinks.
For an appetizer we chose the American Nachos. It was a spin on your classic nachos with crispy potato chips, white cheese sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, scallions and bacon. It was an interesting mixture of flavors that I did not care for with the first few bites, but it eventually got better.? For my main course I had the Burger Americana. This burger is by far one of the best I have ever had. The burger was topped with white cheddar cheese, two thick slices of bacon, Dijon aioli and a tomato jam. ?It was the perfect twist on your everyday cheeseburger and not too fancy for my taste.
By the time we got to dessert I was too full to even think. Overall, I enjoyed the great vibe, good wait staff, amazing drinks and food. I left dinner that night wanting to come back for the Sunday brunch the next morning.
Source: http://www.thegrandviews.com/features/2013/02/20/restaurant-review-americana/
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